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==[[NightWings|Night Dragons]]== | ==[[NightWings|Night Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:NightTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:NightTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Night Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues. | Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues. | ||
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These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types, or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important. | These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types, or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important. | ||
==[[MudWings|Swamp Dragons]]== | ==[[MudWings|Swamp Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:MudTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:MudTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Swamp Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description: === | ===Description: === | ||
Thick, armoured brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout. | Thick, armoured brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout. | ||
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Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual. | Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual. | ||
==[[SandWings|Desert Dragons]]== | ==[[SandWings|Desert Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:SandTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:SandTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Desert Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues. | Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues. | ||
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Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire. | Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire. | ||
==[[RainWings|Rainforest Dragons]]== | ==[[RainWings|Rainforest Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:RainTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:RainTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Rainforest Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails. | Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails. | ||
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We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they're probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons. | We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they're probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons. | ||
==[[IceWings|Ice Dragons]]== | ==[[IceWings|Ice Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:IceTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:IceTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Ice Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice, ridged claws to grip the ice, forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip thin end. | Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice, ridged claws to grip the ice, forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip thin end. | ||
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==[[SkyWings|Mountain Dragons]]== | ==[[SkyWings|Mountain Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:SkyTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:SkyTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Mountain Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings. | Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings. | ||
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==[[SeaWings|Sea Dragons]]== | ==[[SeaWings|Sea Dragons]]== | ||
[[File:SeaTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical | [[File:SeaTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Sea Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]] | ||
===Description:=== | ===Description:=== | ||
Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow in the dark stripes on their tails, snouts, underbellies. | Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow in the dark stripes on their tails, snouts, underbellies. | ||
Revision as of 03:01, 16 February 2020
A Wingwatcher's Guide to Dragons is a scroll written by scavengers, being present at the beginning of Dragonslayer. The dragon illustrations are drawn by Joy Ang.
Description:
Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues.
Abilities:
Can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows.
Habitat:
Unknown
Watch Out For:
These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types, or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important.
Description:
Thick, armoured brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout.
Abilities:
Can breathe fire, hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into large mud puddles.
Habitat:
The swamps, marshes, and boiling mud pools between the mountains and the sea.
Watch Out For:
Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual.
Description:
Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues.
Abilities:
Can survive a long time without water, poison prey with the tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire.
Habitat:
The vast desert west of the forest.
Watch Out For:
Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire.
Description:
Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.
Abilities:
Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; rumor has it they can also shoot venom from their fangs.
Habitat:
The mysterious impenetrable rainforest, east of the mountains.
Watch Out For:
We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they're probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons.
Description:
Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice, ridged claws to grip the ice, forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip thin end.
Abilities:
Can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly freezing frostbreath.
Habitat:
The icy arctic region of the upper northwest peninsula, we think.
Watch Out For:
Their breath, which can freeze a human solid; also their teeth and claws.
Description:
Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings.
Abilities:
Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire.
Habitat:
The central mountain range.
Watch Out For:
The way they swoop out of nowhere at high speed, also their teeth, claws, fire.
Description:
Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow in the dark stripes on their tails, snouts, underbellies.
Abilities:
Can breathe underwater, create huge waves with the splash of their powerful tails.
Habitat:
The ocean, but possibly also large lakes and rivers.
Watch Out For:
Swimming in any large body of water, also, of course, their teeth and claws (but on the plus side, no fire!)
Trivia
- This is the first book in in the series published by scavengers to have a title.
- This confirms that a wing-watcher's job is to be on the lookout for dragons approaching or attacking scavenger settlements, and possibly fight them if need be.
